Here is a list of some popular email lists that are of benefit to system administrators. If you are new to Internet mailing lists, you should take care to learn about the discussion scope for the list before you ever post your first question to the list. Some lists are intended to have as little traffic as possible, so "newbie" questions are frowned upon. This is especially true of lists that are very technical or narrow in focus. Also, you should take care that you DO NOT send subscription requests to the list (this usually gets you a bunch of messages reminding you of this fact). Subscription requests are usually handled by sending commands (try "help" first) to the address LISTNAME-request@LISTHOST.SITE.DOMAIN or majordomo@LISTHOST.SITE.DOMAIN (where "LISTNAME" is the list name as provided below, and "LISTHOST.SITE.DOMAIN" is the Domain Name System host name provided in the Subscription: section... which address for you to use depends on what list processing software is being used and/or how it is set up). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- List name: Network System Administrators Population: University of Washington staff Address: netsys@atmos.washington.edu Subscribe: Send email to Harry Edmon at netsys-request@atmos.washington.edu (he will add you to the list by hand - this is not automated) Intent: To provide a very low-bandwidth way of disseminating important information (usually network or security related) to the UW networking community and as a last resort for asking some technical questions (try help@cac first for most problems). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- List name: Alpha (OSF/1) managers Population: Digital Equipment Corp. Alpha AXP OSF/1 system administrators Address: alpha-osf-managers@ornl.gov Subscribe: Send the command "subscribe alpha-osf-managers Your Name" to majordomo@ornl.gov. Intent: Provide a forum for Alpha OSF/1 managers to work out problems and discuss questions related to these systems. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- List name: Decstation (Ultrix) Managers Population: Digital Equipment Corp. DECstation Ultrix system administrators Address: decstation-managers@ornl.gov Subscribe: Send the command "subscribe alpha-osf-managers Your Name" to majordomo@ornl.gov. Intent: This is the DECstation/Ultrix version of the alpha-osf-managers list described above. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- List name: Sun Managers Population: Sun system administrators Address: sun-managers@eecs.nwu.edu Subscribe: Send subscription requests to sun-managers-request@eecs.nwu.edu Intent: (From the Sun FAQ file) Used for "emergency" information only. The users of this list are "very" knowledgable. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- List name: Cert Tools Population: System administrators concerned with system security Address: cert-tools@cert.org Subscribe: Send the command "subscribe Your Name" to cert-tools-request@cert.org. Intent: To provide a very low-bandwidth way of disseminate information (and *occassionaly* ask questions) related to public domain security tools. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------